Not a step in right direction as foot injury halts Zii Jia’s progress


PETALING JAYA: It is one step forward, two steps back for men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia (pic) in Europe.

Just when Zii Jia looked to have regained some of his form when he made it into the quarter-finals of the All-England in Birmingham last week, it all went wrong again as a foot injury saw him suffer a frustrating second round exit in the Swiss Open.

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